2024 Intern Abstracts 


Cameron Lee
Mentors: Maria Sundaram, PhD
Research Focus: Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health  
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Shravani Gummaraju
Mentors: Jeff VanWormer, PhD
Research Focus: Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health  
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Jason Xu
Mentors: Rohit Sharma, MD
Research Focus: Cancer Care Research   
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Anna Isberg
Mentors: Jeremy Pomeroy, PhD
Research Focus: Clinical Research  
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Bright Asante
Mentors: Scott Hebbring, PhD, and Brooke Delgoffe, MS
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics  
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Susmitha Bommini 
Mentors: Tonia Carter, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics 
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2023 Intern Abstracts 


Saige Tichy
Mentors: Jessica Wernberg, MD, and Catherine Mayer, DO
Research Focus: Cancer Care Research Center 
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Scotia Dettweiler 
Mentor: Florence Becot, PhD
Research Focus: National Farm Medicine Center  
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Katherine Morrissey 
Mentor: Florence Becot, PhD
Research Focus: National Farm Medicine Center 
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Matthew Wieckhorst 
Mentors: Bryan Weichelt, PhD, and Jeff VanWormer, PhD
Research Focus: National Farm Medicine Center and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health 
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Tyler Staup 
Mentor: Josh Petrie, PhD
Research Focus: Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health 
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2022 Intern Abstracts


Gabriella Alicea 
Mentor: Jeff VanWomer, PhD and Maria Sundaram, PhD
Research Focus: Clinical & Rare Disease
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Courtney Colench
Mentor: Jessica Wernberg, MD
Research Focus: Cancer Care
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Luker Leners
Mentor: Rohit Sharma, MD
Research Focus: Cancer Care
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Paige Preston
Mentor: Jeremy Pomeroy, PhD
Research Focus: Clinical & Rare Disease
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2019 Intern Abstracts


Johanna Ellefson
Mentor: Rohit Sharma, MD
Research Focus: Cancer Care
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Arun Bhatta
Mentor: Ingrid Glurich, PhD
Research Focus: Oral & Systemic Health
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Katie Hirabayashi
Mentor: Scott Olson, MD
Research Focus: Epidemiology
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Michelle Petkovsek
Mentor: Jeremy Pomeroy, PhD
Research Focus: Clinical & Rare Disease
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Sierra Strutz
Mentors: Patrick Allaire, PhD and Scott Hebbring, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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Hannah Van Steenburgh
Mentors: Jessica Wernburg, MD and Rohit Sharma, MD
Research Focus: Cancer Care
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Reynor Wilhorn
Mentors: Patrick Allaire, PhD and Scott Hebbring, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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2018 Intern Abstracts


Chibuzor Abasilim
Mentor: Jeremy Pomeroy, PhD
Research Focus: Epidemiology
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Ciera Danen
Mentor: Rohit Sharma, MD
Research Focus: Clinical & Rare Disease
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Raunak Dey
Mentors: Peggy Peissig, PhD and Fereshteh Bashiri, MS
Research Focus: Computational and Biomedical Informatics
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Allison Foster
Mentors: Huong McLean, PhD and Ed Belongia, MD
Research Focus: Epidemiology
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Shelley Gabel
Mentor: Jessica Wernberg, MD
Research Focus: Clinical & Rare Disease
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Peter Gerstenberger
Mentors: Patrick Allaire, PhD and Scott Hebbring, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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Rachael Rol
Mentor: Josie Rudolphi, PhD
Research Focus: Farm Medicine
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Sailee Tambe
Mentor: Jeffrey VanWormer, PhD
Research Focus: Oral & Systemic Health
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Chuanbo Wang
Mentors: Fereshteh Bashiri, MS and Peggy Peissig, PhD
Research Focus: Computational and Biomedical Informatics
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Zengyan Wang
Mentors: Barbara Marlenga, PhD, Peggy Peissig, PhD, and Dick Berg, MS
Research Focus: Farm Medicine, Computational and Biomedical Informatics
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Logan Zhang
Mentor: Ingrid Glurich, PhD
Research Focus: Oral & Systemic Health
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2017 Intern Abstracts


Fereshteh Bashiri
Mentors: Ahmad P. Tafti, PhD and Peggy Peissig, PhD
Research Focus: Biomedical Informatics
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Calin Dumitrescu
Mentor: Sanjay Shukla, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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Rachel Fehrman
Mentors: Scott Hebbring, PhD and Jamie Fox, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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Callahan Katrak
Mentor: Neel Shimpi, PhD
Research Focus: Oral & Systemic Health
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Katelyn Kleutsch
Mentors: Neel Shimpi, PhD and Adham Abdelrahim, BDS
Research Focus: Oral & Systemic Health
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Trever Koester
Mentors: Holly Frost, MD and Jennifer Meece, PhD
Research Focus: Laboratory 
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Klaire Laux
Mentor: Jennifer Meece, PhD
Research Focus: Laboratory 
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Vishakha Mavani
Mentor: Jeffrey VanWormer, PhD
Research Focus: Epidemiology
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Rachael Rol
Mentors: Casper Bendixsen, PhD and Kathrine Barnes, MPH
Research Focus: Farm Medicine
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2016 Intern Abstracts


Grayson Cole
Mentors: Amit Acharya, PhD Ingrid Glurich, PhD and Neel Shimpi, PhD
Research Focus: Oral & Systemic Health
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Matthew Eidenschink
Mentors: Scott Hebbring, PhD and Jamie Fox, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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Colin Korlesky
Mentor: Elizabeth McPherson, MD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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Frances Rose Lendacki
Mentor: Jeffrey VanWormer, PhD
Research Focus: Epidemiology
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Emma Seagle
Mentors: Huong McLean, PhD, Jenny King, MPH, and Edward Belongia, MD
Research Focus: Epidemiology
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Yiqing Zhao
Mentor: Max He, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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2015 Intern Abstracts


Ellen Arndt
Mentor: Scott J. Hebbring, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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Beth Klein
Mentors: Jennifer Meece, PhD, Jennifer Anderson, BS, and Brian Chow, MD
Research Focus: Laboratory, Epidemiology
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Daniel Ortiz
Mentors: Thomas Fritsche, MD and Thomas Novicki, PhD
Research Focus: Laboratory 
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Ahmad Pahlavan Tafti
Mentor: Max He, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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Siri Peterson
Mentors: Jennifer King, MPH and Huong McLean, PhD
Research Focus: Epidemiology
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Reihaneh Rostami
Mentors: Neel Shimpi, PhD Harshad Hedge, and Amit Acharya, PhD
Research Focus: Oral & Systemic Health
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Danielle Schenk
Mentor: Casper Bendixsen, PhD
Research Focus: Farm Medicine
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Matthew Schield
Mentor: Sanjay Shukla, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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Rebecca Sutich
Mentor: Jeffrey VanWormer, PhD
Research Focus: Epidemiology
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2014 Intern Abstracts


Charles Gaber
Mentor: Robert Greenlee, PhD
Research Focus: Epidemiology
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Ethan Heinzen
Mentor: Min He, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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James Bychinski
Mentors: Maria Sundaram, MPH and Huong McLean, PhD
Research Focus: Epidemiology
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Matthew Buchholz
Mentors: Jennifer Anderson, BS and Jennifer Meece, PhD
Research Focus: Laboratory 
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Colleen Bramwell
Mentor: James Burmester, PhD
Research Focus: Clinical & Rare Disease
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Bethany Blank
Mentors: Scott Hebbring, PhD and Steven Schrodi, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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David Kirkhoff, PhD
Mentors: Kelsey Schwei and Amit Acharya
Research Focus: Oral & Systemic Health, Biomedical Informatics
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Krista Koehler
Mentors: Neel Shimpi, PhD and Amit Acharya, PhD
Research Focus:  Oral & Systemic Health, Biomedical Informatics
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Jessica Perkins
Mentor: Casper Bendixsen, PhD
Research Focus: Farm Medicine
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Ran Zhao
Mentor: Scott Hebbring, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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2013 Intern Abstracts


Amy Callear
Mentor: Steven Schrodi, PhD
Research Focus: Precision Medicine & Genetics
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Christopher Campbell
Mentor: Anna Schotthoefer, PhD
Research Focus: Laboratory
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Anna Gajewski
Mentor: Jeffrey VanWormer, PhD
Research Focus: Epidemiology
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Andy Kuhn
Mentor: Min He, PhD
Research Focus: Biomedical Informatics
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Patrick Lau
Mentor: Steve Yale, MD
Research Focus: Clinical & Rare Disease
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Emily Olson
Mentor: Steve Yale, MD
Research Focus: Clinical & Rare Disease
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Stephanie Omage
Mentors: Andrea Mahnke and Simon Lin, PhD
Research Focus: Interactive Clinical Design
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Adam Sorenson
Mentors: Kelsey Schwei and Amit Acharya, PhD
Research Focus: Oral & Systemic Health
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Erica Swenson
Mentor: Elizabeth McPherson, MD
Research Focus: Clinical & Rare Disease
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Megan Vesel
Mentors: Neel Shimpi, PhD and Amit Acharya, PhD
Research Focus: Oral & Systemic Health
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